In an age where time is as precious as good food, enter Homemade in a Hurry , the secret to having more of both. With over three hundred recipes, from appetizers, soups, and salads to main courses, side dishes, and desserts, cooking from scratch is made easier with shortcuts for those who demand morea LOT morein less time. By jump-starting the cooking with high-quality prepared ingredients such as pestos, curry cooking sauces, and pre-chopped vegetablesall found at local supermarketsthe complicated is streamlined and what used to take hours in the kitchen is now ready in minutes. Author and cooking teacher Andrew Schloss has a knack for creating easy-to-prepare recipes that turn the same-old-thing into something special. Puree a can of navy beans with a little garlic, olive oil, and lime juice and voil, White Guacamole. Dress up a cup of stuffing mix for a turkey meatloaf that's in the oven in under ten minutes. A little mango and onion give new life to store-bought salsa making a perfect accompaniment to grilled salmon. And even after a delicious bit of Lasagna Bolognese, no one will guess it takes only minutes to prepare. Homemade in a Hurry is the essential home chef's companion guide to using the supermarket as a personal pantry for creating impressive dishes, whether for everyday meals or for full-on dinner parties.
This really is a wonderful cookbook. I bought it in college and it was really great for making quick, wholesome, tasty meals in what little time I had. Now I continue to use the book because the recipes are so wonderful; and I bought my mother a copy, which she uses on nights when she gets home late from work or doesn't feel like cooking. Many cookbooks that advertise expedience have little to offer other than bad-tasting food. Not so with this book! The recipes are inventive and plentiful--it would take a long time to get tired of all the meals in this book! One of my favorite things about the book is that the author explains the reasoning behind some of the shortcuts he takes and also takes the time to educate the reader on how to perform basic cooking duties. I am an experienced cook and found the comments interesting and helpful rather than annoying. I recently bought this book for a friend of mine who is very afraid of the kitchen. She has already made 3 recipes from the book, all of which were a success. Just a great, great book.
Over 300 shortcut recipes show how to bring home-cooked meals into the world of fast, hectic schedul
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Over 300 shortcut recipes show how to bring home-cooked meals into the world of fast, hectic schedules with tips on how to streamline and improve the parts which take time - such as in a 10-Minute Vegetable Curry dish which remarks curry usually takes up too much time - but a jar of curry sauce does most of the work for you, leaving just chopping veggies and grilling flatbread for the 'homemade' touches. Another plus: recipes are gathered from culinary traditions around the world, so there's lots of choice and variety, from Chicken with Candied Pecans to Couscous Stuffed Peppers. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
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